Diseases of Animals
(Pigs, Goats and Sheep Registration, Identification and Movement) (Jersey)
Order 2007
THE MINISTER
FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT, in pursuance of Articles 3, 10(e), 13, 14 and 42 of the Diseases
of Animals (Jersey) Law 1956, orders as follows –[1]
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Interpretation
In this Order –
“holding number”, in respect of a holding, means the
alpha numeric code for the pigs, goats or sheep on the holding;
“holding” means –
(a) an
establishment;
(b) a
construction; or
(c) in
the case of an open air farm, a place,
in which pigs, goats or sheep are held, kept or handled;
“keeper” means a person having the care and control of
pigs, goats or sheep, whether on a temporary or permanent basis, but does not
include a person who only transports them;
“officially recognized” means recognized by the
administration of a place outside Jersey, being the administration responsible
for ensuring that the requirements in that place for the identification of
pigs, goats and sheep are enforced, or for supervising the enforcement of those
requirements, where those requirements correspond substantially with the
identification requirements of this Order;
“species identifier” means a 2 digit number that
identifies an animal as a pig, a goat or a sheep.[2]
2 Notification
of holdings
(1) The keeper of the
animals on a holding must provide his or her name, contact details, including address,
and, if different, the address of the holding to the Minister.
(2) The notification must
be given on a form provided or approved for the purpose by the Minister.
(3) When the Minister
receives the notification the Minister shall issue the keeper with a holding
number that identifies the holding.
(4) If the keeper of the
animals on a holding changes, the new keeper (whether or not he or she is
already a registered keeper) must notify the Minister of the change within 28 days.
3 Keeper to keep register
(1) The keeper on a holding
must keep a register in a form approved for the purpose by the Minister.
(2) The keeper must record
in the register –
(a) the
date any pig, goat or sheep is born on the holding and the number on the ear tags
assigned to its dam;
(b) the
date any pig, goat or sheep is slaughtered or dies (and, if known, the cause of
death) on the holding and, if it had ear tags, the number on the ear tags
assigned to the animal;
(c) the
date any pig, goat or sheep on the holding is fitted with ear tags and the
number on the ear tags assigned to the animal;
(d) the
date any pig, goat or sheep is removed from the holding, the number on the ear
tags assigned to the animal if it had ear tags and details of where the animal
is moved to (for example, to a show, to the abattoir, to overseas or to another
holding);
(e) the
date any pig, goat or sheep is moved on to the holding, the number on the ear
tags assigned to the animal if it had ear tags and details of where the animal
has come from (for example, from a show, from overseas or from another
holding);
(f) the
date any ear tags on a pig, goat or sheep on the holding are replaced and the
number on the new ear tags assigned to the animal (cross referenced to the
number on its previous ear tags).[3]
(2A) A reference in paragraph (2)(b),
(d) or (e) to ear tags assigned to an animal includes one or more ear tags
assigned to the animal in a place outside Jersey if the latter ear tags –
(a) remained
fitted to the animal on the date referred to in that sub-paragraph; and
(b) were
officially recognized in that place.[4]
(3) Where the holding is
the abattoir, the keeper must record in the register –
(a) the
date on which any pig with only a slapmark is moved on to the abattoir for slaughter;
(b) the
holding number on its slapmark;
(c) the
name and address of the consignee of the animal;
(d) the
date the animal was slaughtered (or if it died before being slaughtered,
details of its death or if it was moved and not slaughtered why it was moved
and not slaughtered and where it was moved to).
(4) An entry must be made
in the register as soon as reasonably practicable after the happening of the
recordable event but, in any case, within the 36 hours after the event.
(5) If –
(a) an
ear tag of a pig, goat or sheep is replaced; and
(b) the
number on the replacement ear tag is different from the number on the ear tag so
replaced,
the keeper must record in the register the date on which the tag was replaced
and the number assigned to the animal on the replacement tag.[5]
(6) The keeper must –
(a) retain
an entry in the register for 6 years after the entry is made; and
(b) make
the register available to an inspector upon request.
4 Animals
to have ear tags
(1) Except where Article 5(3)
applies, the keeper of a pig, goat, or sheep, that is more than 6 months old
must ensure that an ear tag is fitted to the animal in a position where it may
clearly be seen.[6]
(1A) Paragraph (1) is not satisfied
in respect of an animal (whether born in Jersey or imported into Jersey) unless
there is an ear tag –
(a) in
each ear of the animal, if the tags were fitted –
(i) in Jersey, or
(ii) in
a place outside Jersey where such an animal was, at the time when the ear tags
were fitted, required to have 2 ear tags; or
(b) in at
least one ear of the animal, if the tag was fitted in a place outside Jersey
where such an animal was required to have an ear tag, and it was sufficient
there, at the time when the ear tag was fitted, for the animal to have only one
ear tag.[7]
(1B) An ear tag for an animal must –
(a) if fitted
to the animal in Jersey, show the letters ‘UK’ and the Jersey area
code ‘03’; or
(b) if fitted
to the animal in a place outside Jersey, be officially recognized at the time
of fitting and show letters or codes (or both letters and codes) that identify
that place.[8]
(2) An ear tag for an
animal must also show –
(a) the
holding number of the holding where the animal was kept at the time when the
ear tags were fitted;
(b) a
unique individual identification number for the animal; and
(c) a
species identifier for the animal, if the tag was fitted in Jersey.[9]
(3) An ear tag must be –
(a) easy
to read during the animal’s lifetime;
(b) made
of either metal or plastic or a combination of metal and plastic;
(c) tamper-resistant;
(d) incapable
of re-use;
(e) sufficiently
heat-resistant that neither the ear tag nor the information printed or stamped
on it can be damaged by the processing of the carcase following slaughter; and
(f) designed
to remain attached to the animal’s ear without harming it.
(4) A keeper may add
further information to an ear tag, so long as the further information is
clearly distinguished from the information required under this Article.
5 Identification
of animals moved off a holding[10]
(1) A person must not move
a pig, goat or sheep off a holding unless Article 4 is satisfied in
respect of the animal at the time when the animal is so moved.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1),
Article 4 shall be read as if paragraph (1) of that Article were as
follows –
“(1) Except where Article 5(3)
applies, the keeper of a pig, goat, or sheep must ensure that an ear tag is
fitted to the animal in a position where it may clearly be seen.”.
(3) Despite paragraph (1),
an animal may be moved off a holding direct to the abattoir if both the
following requirements are satisfied –
(a) the
animal is less than 12 months old;
(b) the
animal –
(i) if
a goat or sheep, has in at least one ear an ear tag that satisfies the
requirements of Article 4(1B) and (2)(a) in respect of the animal, or
(ii) if
a pig, has in at least one ear an ear tag that satisfies the requirements of Article 4(1B)
and (2)(a) in respect of the animal or has a slapmark on both shoulders that
shows the holding number for the holding.
6 Movement
of pigs, goats and sheep for export
(1) A person who transports
pigs, goats or sheep from a holding for export must carry a document, signed by
the keeper of the holding of departure, that specifies –
(a) the
address of the holdings from which the animals are being moved;
(b) the
country to which they are being exported;
(c) the
date of the movement;
(d) any
identification mark of each of the animals; and
(e) the
number of animals being moved.
(2) A person who is
transporting pigs, goats or sheep from a holding for export must produce the
document mentioned in paragraph (1) to an inspector upon request.
(3) In this Article, the
identification mark in respect of an animal means –
(a) the
holding number;
(b) the
species identifier; and
(c) its
unique individual identification number,
as shown on any ear tag on the animal.
7 Removal,
defacing or replacement of an ear tag[11]
(1) A person must not
remove, deface or replace an ear tag fitted to a pig, goat or sheep, being an
ear tag that –
(a) under
Article 4(1), the animal’s keeper is required to ensure is fitted to
the animal; or
(b) must
be fitted to the animal in order to satisfy Article 5,
unless –
(i) in
the case of the removal of the ear tag, the removal is necessary for the
welfare of the animal to which the tag is fitted or the Veterinary Officer has
authorized the removal;
(ii) in
the case of the defacement of the ear tag, the Veterinary Officer has
authorized the defacement; or
(iii) in
the case of the replacement of the ear tag, the replacement is required by paragraph (2)
or (3) or the Veterinary Officer has authorized the replacement.
(2) If an ear tag on a pig,
goat or sheep –
(a) becomes
illegible;
(b) is
removed; or
(c) is
lost,
the keeper of the animal must replace the tag as soon as practical
and in any event within 28 days.
(3) If –
(a) an
ear tag of a pig, goat or sheep is replaced; and
(b) the
number on the replacement ear tag is different from the number on the ear tag
so replaced,
the keeper must ensure that, where the animal is required under this
Order to have 2 ear tags, they are both replaced and so both have the same
number.
7A Use of
microchips[12]
Where, in this Order, there is a reference to two ear tags or to a
second ear tag, the reference extends to there being, instead of one of the two
ear tags, or of the second ear tag, an electronic identification device that
contains substantially the same information as the tag would be required to
contain (whether or not the device contains additional information, whether or
not the device is in an ear of the relevant animal, and whether or not the
device is in an ear tag).
7B Durrell
Wildlife Conservation Trust may use microchips[13]
(1) In respect of an animal
to which this Article applies –
(a) a
requirement under this Order that the keeper of the animal ensure that the
animal is fitted with one or more ear tags may be satisfied if the animal is
fitted with a single electronic identification device containing a unique
number in respect of the animal (whether or not the device contains additional
information, whether or not the device is in an ear of the animal, and whether
or not the device is in an ear tag);
(b) a
reference in this Order to one or more ear tags includes a reference to a
single electronic identification device (whether or not the device is in an ear
tag and whether or not the device is in an ear of the animal); and
(c) a
reference in this Order to the showing of information includes, in the case of
an electronic identification device, a reference to the containing of a unique
number in respect of the animal.
(2) This Article applies to
a pig, goat, or sheep, in respect of which Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
is the keeper.
8 Citation
This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Pigs, Goats and
Sheep Registration, Identification and Movement) (Jersey) Order 2007.